West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-10-27

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obeyed aud waited upon my sister with
wiling, dog-like devotion. andthere was
no reason TO hesitate now. NV destina.
tion lay about four miles distant over the
same Roscnh,im roLtc which had lately
followed to Munich found Dorothy
better, but much dcprcsscl bv an illness
that was more mental than bodily.
Pm irettiug myself TO death. Tom
dear" she said. '"And YOU must hclp
me; YOU always do, you know
Lying iu a hammock in a sheltered
nook in the beautiful garden. my sis.e
began TO pour her tale Of woe into my
ears. The sympathetic tender little
heart was breaking itself over thGtroublcs
of somebody else; a very humble person,
age, the Frau Baronin's maid. who had
been arrested for theft.
I'm sure the poor girl is innocent"
Dolly declared; "bUt must ten YOU the
whole story. Baron Won Glasow haS-or.
rather. had, until last "Wednesday. when
the loss was discovered very curious
~. Andrews cross, old as the hills, | be.
lievc given TO remote ancestor for i'm
'kroducing a now shape Of b2er-mug. or
for killing a Frenchman, or some heroic
decd of that kind. At any rate il was
very valuable. for its antiquity. and for
ITS intrinsic worth, which was not at all
to te sneefed at-soiid gold. bcauti.
fully wrought, with splendid diamond.
pure a "A dewdrop, set deep i'm the gold
ON Wednesday evening, when the
Baronin asked for il TO wear 90 dinner
party, 10 and behold, il was not to be
toundl Suspicion fell at once on the
Baronin's maid the only person who had
access to her mistrcss's jcwel-casc Some
OF the other servants sworc to having
seen the maid in church with the cross
round her neck, half hidden in her lace
scarf-an accusation which she did not
deny"
ut looks very much as if they had mr..
rested the right person, Ireplicd
+ "Now, Tom, you are not To think any
thing Of the kind, answered my tyrant.
Tina poor girl is innocent, I'm fully
convin ed, and you must share my con
viotion. She is so pretty and modest.
and with such winning manner"
Tho most dangerous kind" / muir
INJURED to myself.
'Shc pleaded her innocence with such
dignity aud straightforward honesty that
she won my heart completely"
so it appears
"Now, you 1inty-hearted creature.
you must look into tn cnsa acd &c the
girl pardoned," continued my relentless
tasSmistress, 81 shall never know mo
ments peace or health again If she is
condemned to the two years, imprison-
mcnt they talk about
'Rcally, my dear Dolly. how can |
hope to find -"
'No objections, If you please, sir.
You can surely get lawyers To find her
innocent. Poor thing, this is not her
only trouble. The one relation she ma
in the world, her old grandfather. OF
whom she was very fond, disappeared
from his home lately, and no trace OF him
can be found. Erika a-that is tho gir.'s
name it means health, YOU know felrs
he has come TO some bad end, and il looks
very likely. They cone OF a very re-
spectab c family in D.stclbcrg, the little
village yondcr, of which you can Just sec
the church-spire through the trees, and
these two -4-'
''Erika - D.stcbcrg - that was the
name Of the village the old fellow said he
lived in-vcry odd ! exclaimed; "and
Erika, the giyl's name"
"What old fclowP
ooh, nothing, nobody only fancy
1 can tell Erika something about her
grandfather.
I'm that case ycu must 90 10 the prison
NJ once; Admission will be easy TO gct and
the poor gin will be 50 glad to have your
news. You can tell nc about il after.
wards"
j feared my communicat.oa would
scarcely cause JOY if my onicctures were
right. As soon as il could be ARRANGED
visited the prisoner, accompanied by
the housckceI @: from the Schloss. Shi
protested her innocence i'm n way that. /
coufcss, won me over in spite of my bet
ter judgment. She bewaled her wrong
doing in wearing her mis- re.s's property
20 church that morning; but it was st
ibasils Day. the patron saint Of some one
she loved very much, and she wished TO
honor the festival by saying her prayers
with Oh q beautiful cross IN her hands u
bad been but foolish fancy, perhaps.
aud shc had been bitterly punished for il.
-ho had restore ] the cross safely To a.,
case afterwards. and had never seen IL
since.
4 new suspicioR began 10 shape itself
IN my mind a1d turned the convcra-
ton pom the subject Of the missing
granda,hcr. twas toon prose ed Lcyond
u doubt that hc and the old man had
met ou tic train wcrc identical. hated
10 tell Erika tho " hole truth about him.
D 10 even this was better than The unci.
tainty which wore upon her as much as
the disgrace Or her present situation.
My TOor grandla her, my last faith
fui friend gone: Iut I'm thankful he
cannot see me h,rc. She adtlcd 81
never saw him in better spirits than the
Ia day hc came 90 vi 60 me MI the
sch oss.. lie laughed like "a little child
whenever hc hooked at me. and kept re
ptating over and over again thlt hc
would see me happy before hc died. ana
tnnt fortune was nearer thln.I supposed.
10u see, sir. She aid, With "a blush. 81
was engaged TO a forester ON thc Herr
Boron''cstatc in Styr.a, aud my poor old
grandfather va3 always frctting the
thought That hc would die before wc had
saved enough money 90 marry on. Ah
me. Basil must lct me 20 now. since a.l
The world believes INC guilty Of his
theft"
did your grandfather make this visit
after yOI had worn the cross no the
church, or beforcf ] asked
ooh, long after SIR Tic saw me put
the cross safely away in its case. If' be
were only here to swc0r 90 thatw